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The mysterious Harappan civilization is considered the third oldest in the ancient East after that of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

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A scholar has recently discovered a previously unknown Sumerian myth inscribed on a long-overlooked 4,400-year-old tablet.

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Before glass sparkled or steel shone, before skyscrapers touched the sky or plastic filled our shelves, there was clay.